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Fact Sheet: Survey of Insecticides Available for Homeowners in Lee County, Florida

by Stephen Brown

February 3, 2018

Survey of Insecticides Available for Homeowners in Lee County, Florida: 2013 The insecticides below are first listed by their family name, for example, Benzoylureas and Neonicontinoids. Knowing the insecticide family is critical when developing ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Home Landscapes, Horticulture, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease
Tags: Bacillus Thuringiensis, Benzoylureas, Fact Sheet, Factsheet, Imidacloprid, Insecticides, Lee County, Neonicontinoids, Pesticide Resistance, Pesticides, Stephen Brown

Fact Sheet: Insecticides and acaricides registered for use in early 2011 in landscape, nursery, greenhouse or field-grown ornamentals

by Stephen Brown

February 3, 2018

Insecticides and acaricides registered for use in early 2011 in landscape, nursery, greenhouse or field-grown ornamentals READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Horticulture, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease
Tags: Acaricides, Fact Sheet, Factsheet, Field Grown, Greenhouse, Insecticides, Landscape, Lee County, Nursery, Ornamentals, Registered Users, Stephen Brown

Fact Sheet: Survey of Fungicides Available for Homeowners in Lee County, Florida

by Stephen Brown

February 3, 2018

Survey of Fungicides Available for Homeowners in Lee County, Florida Fungicides within the same group have similar chemistries and similar biochemical modes of action within fungal cells. It is prudent to rotate fungicides from different classes ... READ MORE

Category: Home Landscapes, Horticulture, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease
Tags: Chlorothalonil, Fact Sheet, Factsheet, Fungicides, Lee County, Mancozeb, Stephen Brown

Fact Sheet: Survey of Herbicides Available for Homeowners in Lee County, Florida

by Stephen Brown

February 3, 2018

Survey of Herbicides Available for Homeowners in Lee County, Florida Herbicides are listed by their active ingredient. This avoids the confusion that results from multiple brands that use the same active ingredient. The active ingredient is ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Home Landscapes, Horticulture, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease
Tags: Fact Sheet, Factsheet, Herbicides, Lee County, Stephen Brown

Fact Sheet: Flowering Trees for South Florida

by Stephen Brown

February 3, 2018

Chart of Characteristics of Flowering Trees for Subtropical Locations includes Botanical Name, Common Name, Potential Height, Flower Color Flower, Grade, Flowering, Season and Uses READ MORE

Category: Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Forests, Home Landscapes, Horticulture, Natural Resources
Tags: Fact Sheet, Factsheet, Flowering Trees, Lee County, South Florida, Stephen Brown

GARDENING WITH CHILDREN

by Eva Maria Pabon

February 2, 2018

It's never too early for a child to start gardening. Gardening is a great activity that parents and grandparents can do with children that everyone can enjoy. It provides a multitude of benefits to all involved, along with creating and promoting ... READ MORE

Category: 4-H & Youth, Fruits & Vegetables, Home Landscapes, Horticulture
Tags: Fun Gardening, Garden Trends, Gardening With Kids

Q and A: I read your comments about Gaillardia in the January and February issue of Florida Gardening magazine. Are you talking about buying the actual plants and planting them or do you mean starting them from seeds? I have had a good bit of luck harvesting the seeds from dead or spent heads in the summer, refrigerating them and then sowing them in the winter for a spring and summer bloom.

by Stephen Brown

February 2, 2018

From Mark, by email Answer: Gaillardia pluchella, simply known as gaillardia, is a very cold tolerant native plant. As such, it can be started from seeds, or planted as young seedlings in winter without concern for cold weather damage. In ... READ MORE

Category: Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home Landscapes, Horticulture
Tags: Blanket Flower, Giallardia Pluchella, Lee County, Native Plants, Q And A, Stephen Brown

Q and A: I have heard that there are 12 Florida native palms, but only two that are endemic to Florida. What are the names of these two palms?

by Stephen Brown

February 2, 2018

From T. Bates, by email Answer Although there are 12 palms native to Florida, only two have been determined to be endemic to Florida. A plant native to Florida may also be native to other locations outside of Florida most often to the West ... READ MORE

Category: Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home Landscapes, Horticulture, Natural Resources, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Horticulture, Lee County, Miami Palm, Palms, Sabal Etonia, Sabal Miamiensis, Sabal Palmetto, Scrub Palm, Stephen Brown

Old Garden Roses for Central Florida

by Amy Vu

February 2, 2018

Did you know the very first roses grew as wild plants? Called “species roses”, they had simple flowers with four to eight petals and lots of thorns. They were very vigorous and disease resistant, but unlike the roses we usually see in Florida ... READ MORE

Category: Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home Landscapes, Horticulture, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Beauty, Horticulture, Ornamental, Rose, Roses

Legumes in Orchard Alleys Supply Nitrogen

by jpopenoe

February 1, 2018

Nitrogen is a major nutrient for plants, the main ingredient for fertilizers, and takes a lot of energy to synthesize from natural gas. Legume plants take nitrogen from the air and fix it in a form that plants can use thanks to the special bacterial ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Horticulture
Tags: Cover Crops, Legumes Cover Crops, Organic Production

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